Sentences with phrase «as luxury goods»

The proceeds were invested in bitcoin mining as well as luxury goods.

Here's a second class of use case that we repeatedly hear from MultiChain's users: tracking the origin and movement of high - value items across a supply chain, such as luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and electronics.

Eventually, Mastercard's blockchain could be used for other items, such as luxury goods to provide «proof of provenance.»

The art market favours work that is strongly branded: it prefers, for example, a work by Jake and Dinos Chapman to resemble a work by Jake and Dinos Chapman, just as the luxury goods market likes Louis Vuitton to look like Louis Vuitton.

The appointment is part of a wider move from Coach to focus on its long - term goal of diversifying its brand portfolio and position itself as a luxury goods group, and will help elevate Luis» role as head of the group.

They were not yet achieving their aims of increasing their household nutrition (in a country where sugar and cooking oil are perceived as luxury goods) or increasing their household income.

Cost remains a largely prohibitive factor, with high - tech meat alternatives priced as luxury goods.

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

According to the article, the fund will target companies — in areas such as luxury goods and food and beverage — where association with Branson will «give the company the potential to grow faster than it would do with anyone else.»

Not exact matches

The Korea Customs Service is investigating allegations of smuggling and tariff evasion following claims that the family bought luxury goods abroad and avoided paying duties on them by portraying the imported items as supplies for Korean Air aircraft.

Luis wants Coach to become the first U.S. luxury accessories conglomerate, a smaller, stateside version of an LVMH or Kering or Richemont, whose portfolio will include shoes and high - end apparel as well as leather goods.

Nevertheless, luxury - goods companies were trying to maintain a buoyant attitude last year as 2009 approached; Bain & Co. even suggested in an October 2008 report that some ritzy categories (particularly watches) would remain strong.

Areas of travel such as hotels and vacation packages, formal apparel, and luxury goods are examples, they noted.

Bain & Co. argues that Asia, where sales have remained relatively strong, may overtake Europe and North America as the world's largest market for luxury goods.

And as is so often the case with luxury goods, the business around it is far less savoury than the product.

«The criminal profits were also laundered via cryptocurrencies, by means of prepaid cards linked to the cryptocurrency wallets which were used to buy goods such as luxury cars and houses,» Europol said in a statement.

As incomes rise, so too does demand for durables, luxury goods, vehicles, air travel, energy and more.

As we mentioned earlier this month, the Chinese are buying more luxury goods overseas primarily because they're cheaper.

PARIS, March 28 - Kering and fashion label Stella McCartney said on Wednesday they had agreed to end their 17 year partnership, as the British designer behind the brand buys the 50 percent owned by the French luxury goods group.

«The price gap is likely to remain substantial in the next two to three years,» the report said, «and assuming it does, Chinese spending on luxury goods will grow about as fast overseas as it will domestically.»

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CNBC's Hadley Gamble takes a tour through Abu Dhabi's luxury goods market as high end brands open stores in the emirate.

As my colleague Jim Edwards pointed out recently, the West's impression of the crackdown has been largely limited to seeing falling earnings for luxury companies that sell goods in China.

That could be bad news for luxury goods, which have been a bright spot, as high - income consumers tend to spend less in a down market, and may more guarded about their spending in this climate.

Chinese shoppers have spearheaded a broader rebound in luxury goods sales from handbags to shoes, sparking upbeat outlooks from top industry players such as France's LVMH.

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

But Kim's efforts are increasingly being challenged as sanctions evolve to include luxury goods, which includes hockey sticks and ski equipment.

In a bid to sustain the double - digit growth the company had enjoyed in the early part of the decade, the brand opened far too many retail stores, making their goods too widely available and reducing their status as a luxury label.

But it is Wintour's role in promoting fashion and luxury goods manufacturing as an important US export business, coupled with her growing political fundraising acumen (according to the Obama campaign, she is a «top bundler», raising more than $ 500,000 for the Obama Victory Fund) that led to speculation she is eyeing a political position.

These tools and data have been used to target advertisements in categories such as automakers, luxury goods producers and consumer packaged goods companies.

So as long as demand for luxury goods is here, which it will be, we want to be able to offer the Canadian consumer something in Canada so they don't have travel to the U.S., where there's going to be a foreign exchange headwind.

Sales of holiday - related categories, such as clothing, electronics and luxury goods, rose 2.3 percent from Nov. 1 through Dec. 24 compared with a year earlier, the Purchase, New York - based research firm said today.

Finally, we sold the remainder of our holding in Richemont, the Swiss luxury - goods company, as it became relatively less attractive versus other alternatives.

But as trips to Milan and Paris grow steadily more expensive in ruble terms, and imported luxury - goods prices back in Russia are revised higher to reflect the weaker currency, the recent surge in shopping will probably soon fizzle out.

Luxury goods such as fashion jewelry and diamond engagement rings are not the type of products you'd normally expect to find on sale.

In turn, Dior holds 40.9 % of luxury goods producer LVMH (Louis Vuitton), as part of approximately 47 % and 63 % of the share capital and voting rights owned or controlled by the Arnault family.

«With low penetration of eCommerce and social media by luxury peers, there is an opportunity to boost direct - to - consumer engagement, particularly as younger consumers spend increasing amounts of time online,» says Louise Singlehurst, who covers the luxury goods and brand sector.

Alvarado cites the example of German Calvinist political theorist Johannes Althusius, who defined the discipline of morals as «the inquisition into and chastisement of those morals and luxuries that are not prevented or punished by laws, but which corrupt the souls of subjects or squander their goods unproductively.»

Its warm, sensual touch, coupled with functional benefits such as toughness, freedom from chipping and breaking and chemical resistance, is helping Surlyn ® gain recognition as a material of choice for the rigid packaging of cosmetic and luxury goods.

The following discussions define premium as the highest quality options within commoditised goods whereas luxury refers to products that hold a particular status due to their rarity and / or association with social class.

JAB Holding Company is also the largest shareholder in Coty Inc., a global leader in beauty, and owns a controlling stake in luxury goods company Bally as well as a minority stake in Reckitt Benckiser PLC, a global leader in health, hygiene and home products.

«But modern America is a place of extremes, and what you eat for dinner has become the definitive marker of social status; as the distance between rich and poor continues to grow, the freshest, most nutritious foods have become luxury goods that only some can afford.»

So if workers can't afford to buy the products they produce there's no problem, as long as someone else wants to buy them (consider for instance the case of luxury goods).

In some parts of Britain, such as Cornwall, during the 18th and 19th centuries, smuggling of luxury goods (including drink) from Europe was more economically significant than the legitimate economy.

Patrick O'Flynn was seen as a figurehead for the «red Ukip» faction in the party, not least because he once proposed a tax on luxury goods.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has shot down proposals for the party to levy a «luxury goods tax» on items such as designer shoes and handbags.

Greenland was a key source of walrus ivory, which was carved into luxury goods such as the famous 12th century Lewis chessmen from Scotland.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

«The project explores the ability of the technology to shift the perception of the production system for luxury goods as we know it,» she says.

Prada was founded as a luxury leather goods store in 1913 by brothers Mario and Martino.